GC-ENV2 Burial Ground Registers of Interment 1931-2005
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Galway County Council Environment Section Burial Ground, Registers of Interments Archive Collection GC/ENV2 GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds Galway County Council, Environment, Burial Ground Registers of Interment, 1931 - 2005 Archive Collection GC/Env2/ © Galway County Council All Rights Reserved. No part of this list may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of Galway County Council First produced 2007 Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds Produced by Galway County Council Archives Service Galway County Libraries Island House Cathedral Square Galway © Galway County Council 2007 Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds CONTENT & STRUCTURE Page No. PROVENANCE XXI SERIES XXI DATE RANGE XXI SIZE XXI SERIES XXI DESCRIPTION XXI SEE ALSO XXI HISTORY / CONTEXT XXI ARRANGEMENT XXII ADDITIONAL XXII INFORMATION XXII ALLIED COLLECTIONS XXIII A. BURIAL GROUND REGISTERS OF INTERMENT 1 B. REGISTER OF BURIAL GROUND CARETAKERS 5 Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc xix GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc xx GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds Provenance Galway County Council, Environment Section Series Burial Ground Registers of Interment Date Range 1931 – 2005 Size 101 volumes (A4 size) (for 86 cemeteries) Series Volumes recording in chronological order details of those interred Description in various graveyards in county Galway. They record the date of interment, name and address of deceased and age, in most cases religion and occupation are also included, together with the name of the plot owner. The registers are arranged alphabetically. The local burial ground caretaker retains the Registers for recording and reference purposes until the Register is full and complete. The bulk of the records in this collection were returned to Galway County Council in 2005 for preservation, when new Registers were issued to the caretakers. See also Burial Ground Plot Book, GC/Env1/ History / Context The management of Burial Grounds is governed by various health legislation and regulations, such as Rules Applicable to Burial Grounds Provided Under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and Rules and Regulations for the Regulation of Burial Grounds etc (as Amended). The control and management of burial grounds was originally undertaken by Burial Boards, which were sub-committees of the various Poor Law Unions. In 1889 the function was carried out on behalf of the local authority by the Rural District Councils, and then from circa 1923 by the Boards of Health & Public Assistance. From the early 1940s the function was the direct responsibility of the County Council. Initially the function was administered by the General Purposes and Water Service Sections of the Council. Upon the establishment of a separate Environment section in circa 1998 the function was transferred to it. Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc xxi GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds The Council is involved with the appointment of caretakers, and the provision and maintenance of graveyards. The day-to-day management of burial grounds is carried out on behalf of the County Council by local caretakers. They are responsible for completing the Registers, recording details relating to interments, and taking payment for the purchase of burial plots and so on. There are 225 graveyards in the ownership of Galway County Council and it is estimated that there are in the region of 250 further burial grounds in the County that are not in Council ownership. Children’s burial grounds which are locally called killeens or cillachaun/k illahauns form a considerable proportion of the burial sites that are not in Council ownership. In some cases the caretakers also have maps of the grave yards. In 1974 the cost of a single grave was £30 and a double was £60, prior to that they had been £5 and £10 respectively. In 1988 the cost of a single grave increased to £60 and a double to £120. Arrangement The volumes are arranged in alphabetic order. The item reference number (e.g. GC/Env2/?) should be used in full when citing documents or records, and each reference cited should be preceded by the initials GCCA (Galway County Council Archives, e.g. GCCA GC/Env2/1). Additional Rules Applicable to Burial Grounds provided under the Public Information Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 state that the ‘area to be used for graves shall be divided into grave-spaces, to be designated by convenient marks…A corresponding map or maps of the Burial Ground shall be constantly kept in some convenient place at or near the Burial Ground, and shall be open to the inspection of all persons. On such map or maps every grave-space shall be shown with its distinctive mark inscribed thereon. A proper Registry Book (Hereinafter referred to as the Registry Book) made of parchment or vellum or other durable material with strong binding and suitable printed pagings, and ruled in columns, with proper printed headings, shall be constantly kept in some Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc xxii GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds convenient place at or near the Burial Ground, and shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times: but no person except the person having the care and management of the Burial Ground, and in these Rules called the Registrar, shall be permitted to write in the Registry Book save as hereinafter mentioned. A printed copy of these Rules shall be kept constantly affixed to the Registry Book. Any Registrar refusing to give inspection of the Registry Book, as required by this Rule, shall be liable to a Penalty of Five Pounds sterling and any person whatever unlawfully writing in, defacing, altering or mutilating the Registry Book, shall be liable to a penalty of Five Pounds sterling’. (Local Government Board, 1888) Allied Collections Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Ground Plot Books, GC/Env1 County Galway Board of Health & Public Assistance, 1922-1941, (GC5/) Access Access is restricted Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc xxiii GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Ground Registers of Internment 1931-2005 Archive Collection GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council - Archives ‘…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’ U:\Archives - Collection Management\Descriptive Lists\Galway County Council Archives\Environment\GC-Env2, Index to Burial Registers of Interment.doc xx GC/ENV2/ Galway County Council, Environment Section, Burial Grounds A. BURIAL GROUND REGISTERS OF INTERMENT Volumes recording in chronological order details of persons buried in various burial grounds under the administration of Galway County Council. Details include date of burial, name of deceased, place of residence at time of death, name of owner of grave plot, place of residence of owner of grave plot and relationship to deceased. Generally the deceased’s age and religion, and occasionally occupation are also recorded. The plot number is generally not included. Average size approximately: 18ff Size 1. Abbey, Loughrea 2001-2005 8pp 2. Abbeygormacan 1942-2005 15ff 3. Addergoole 1948 – 1986 12ff 4a. Ahascragh 1944-2004 20ff 4b. Ahascragh (old) 1966-2003 44ff 5. Ashfield, Gort 1959-2004 21ff The site for this burial ground was given to the Gort Rural District Council free of charge by Viscount Gough in circa 1907, ‘That the thanks of the Council be conveyed to Viscount Gough for his generosity in giving the site of a graveyard at Ashfield, free of charge...’(Gort Rural District Council G01/10/, p25). 6. Aughgart, Mountbellew 1936-2002 30ff 7a Ballinakill (Moyard) Clifden 1936-1959 11ff 7b Ballinakill